bachelorThesis
Influência de variáveis físicas e clínicas na angulação da cifose torácica em crianças com asma
Fecha
2019-06-25Registro en:
CAVALCANTI, Hugo Navarro Carlos. Influência de variáveis físicas e clínicas na angulação da cifose torácica em crianças com asma. 2019. 28f. Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (Graduação em Fisioterapia) - Departamento de Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2019.
Autor
Cavalcanti, Hugo Navarro Carlos
Resumen
Introduction: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by lower airway hyperresponsiveness and variable airflow limitation. In this context, thoracic kyphosis frequently becomes the target of postural alterations from several factors, in pathologies of several areas, may also be influenced by cardiopulmonary function, with asthma influencing respiratory imbalance, which may generate excessive and inadequate use of the accessory musculature. Objective: It is proposed to evaluate the influence of physical and clinical variables on the angulation of thoracic kyphosis in children with asthma. Methods: This is an analytical cross-sectional study. The sample was for convenience. The angulation of thoracic kyphosis was assessed using a digital inclinometer, with the child standing with a habitual posture. For the first measurement, the inclinometer was placed at the point between the vertebrae T1 and T2 (α) in the formula (α + β). Measure 2 was performed with the inclinometer at the point between the vertebrae T12 and L1, represented by (β) in the formula. To find the kyphosis angle, we added the found value of the mean α and the mean value of β. The data were analyzed through the Statistical Package for Social Sciences SPSS version 20.0. The normal distribution of the data was also verified by the Kolmogorov-Smirnov (KS) test. The descriptive statistics were performed through means and standard deviation. A t-test was performed to compare thoracic kyphosis by variables such as: gender, age group: 7-9 years and group 10-12 years, clinical control (controlled, partially controlled and uncontrolled) and severity (mild, moderate and severe) and effect size (TE), calculated by Cohen's d. Pearson's correlation was also performed for thoracic kyphosis and age. Results: For the comparisons studied, the effect size was small, sex (TE = 0.17), age range (TE = 0.08), clinical control (TE = 0.03) severity (TE = 0.12). In the Pearson correlation test there was no significant correlation between the angle of thoracic kyphosis and the age of the children evaluated, divided into subgroups (p = 0.80). Conclusion: The present study suggests that in children with asthma and age between 7 and 12 years of age there are no significant differences between the angulations obtained from thoracic kyphosis due to age, gender, clinical control and asthma severity.